Professor ​Blaise Nagy taught in the Department of Classics from 1976 to 2017, and served as department chair from 1990 to 2004. ​He taught all levels of Greek and Latin,​ as well as courses on Greek and Roman history. Prof. Nagy is the author of numerous articles on ancient history and religion, as well as A Herodotus Reader (Hackett Publishing, 2011) and A Thucydides Reader (Hackett Publishing, 2012).